Latest polls have support of RE-legalization at nearly 60%.
Great news is that Ohio Rights Group (ORG) has endorsed Issue 3.
ORG has worked tirelessly for years for medical cannabis and realizes that it's efforts will continue to fall short due to funding issues.
So, keeping their eye on the ball (theirs is medical) they have concluded that the best chance at getting medical cannabis RE-legalized at the moment is to throw support to ResponsibleOhio and Issue 3, which puts an end to cannabis prohibition.
Now, it would be nice to see other cannabis groups-especially Ohio NORML-buck up and see that Issue 3 is our ticket ending cannabis prohibition.
As for Issue 2, it is a disgraceful and hurried effort by our mostly reefer-madness legislature to muzzle the people's ballot initiative process.
Hmmm...these political critters are OK with us voting to elect them-but are at odds with our resorting to this process due to the legislative refusal to address the cannabis issue, in order to force a redress of grievances...now THAT does sound tyrannical.
ORG has good information regarding Issue 2:
The Ohio Rights Group issued this press release concerning Issue 2 that will appear on the fall ballot under the title "Anti-Monopoly Amendment." While protecting the Ohio constitution from being used for personal economic benefit may sound laudable, Issue 2 goes far beyond that. Enacted with only ten days of legislative debate from introduction to passage, Issue 2 (formerly know as House Joint Resolution 4) would bestow the power of determining if a measure is being used for such a purpose to just three politically appointed members (majority vote) of the five member Ohio Ballot Board. Campaigns for even the most popular and meritorious issues would be subjected to Issue 2 only after they had spent millions of dollars to collect and submit over 300,000 signatures. Even if all ballot placement procedures were correctly followed, these three individuals would still have the power to determine if the measure is a "violation" regardless of whether it is or not. The only recourse for an improper designation is an expensive and time consuming appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Issue 2 will have a chilling effect on the ballot initiative process that has served for over 100 years as an effective tool for Ohio citizens to use to redress their grievances over issues that the legislature has repeatedly failed to address. Such issues include the freedom to marry, redistricting, collective bargaining and marijuana. Please join the Ohio Rights Group and Vote NO on Issue 2.
link:
http://www.ohiorightsgroup.org/
Great news is that Ohio Rights Group (ORG) has endorsed Issue 3.
ORG has worked tirelessly for years for medical cannabis and realizes that it's efforts will continue to fall short due to funding issues.
So, keeping their eye on the ball (theirs is medical) they have concluded that the best chance at getting medical cannabis RE-legalized at the moment is to throw support to ResponsibleOhio and Issue 3, which puts an end to cannabis prohibition.
Now, it would be nice to see other cannabis groups-especially Ohio NORML-buck up and see that Issue 3 is our ticket ending cannabis prohibition.
As for Issue 2, it is a disgraceful and hurried effort by our mostly reefer-madness legislature to muzzle the people's ballot initiative process.
Hmmm...these political critters are OK with us voting to elect them-but are at odds with our resorting to this process due to the legislative refusal to address the cannabis issue, in order to force a redress of grievances...now THAT does sound tyrannical.
ORG has good information regarding Issue 2:
The Ohio Rights Group issued this press release concerning Issue 2 that will appear on the fall ballot under the title "Anti-Monopoly Amendment." While protecting the Ohio constitution from being used for personal economic benefit may sound laudable, Issue 2 goes far beyond that. Enacted with only ten days of legislative debate from introduction to passage, Issue 2 (formerly know as House Joint Resolution 4) would bestow the power of determining if a measure is being used for such a purpose to just three politically appointed members (majority vote) of the five member Ohio Ballot Board. Campaigns for even the most popular and meritorious issues would be subjected to Issue 2 only after they had spent millions of dollars to collect and submit over 300,000 signatures. Even if all ballot placement procedures were correctly followed, these three individuals would still have the power to determine if the measure is a "violation" regardless of whether it is or not. The only recourse for an improper designation is an expensive and time consuming appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Issue 2 will have a chilling effect on the ballot initiative process that has served for over 100 years as an effective tool for Ohio citizens to use to redress their grievances over issues that the legislature has repeatedly failed to address. Such issues include the freedom to marry, redistricting, collective bargaining and marijuana. Please join the Ohio Rights Group and Vote NO on Issue 2.
link:
http://www.ohiorightsgroup.org/